Template:Category chart

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This template makes it easier to show charts that use data provided by the CategoryCounter bot. The above example is the equivalent of {{articles lacking sources chart}}, which shows the size of Category:All articles lacking sources over time.

Instructions

1. Create the template for the chart, such as {{articles lacking sources chart}}. You only need to call {{category chart}} at minimum with the following parameters:
   • name – a unique identifier for the chart, such as "articles-without-sources"
   • template – the name of the template that you created, with or without the Template: prefix. Prefix with a colon (:) for other namespaces. For instance "Articles lacking sources chart" refers to Template:Articles lacking sources chart and ":Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Backlog chart" refers to Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Backlog chart.
   • title – (optional) title for the y-axis, such as "# articles lacking sources"
   • See the template data below for other options.
2. Create the /data subpage of the template, for instance Template:Articles lacking sources chart/data and add only the content []
3. Have an admin or template editor change the content type of the /data page to JSON, for instance at Special:ChangeContentModel/Template:Articles lacking sources chart/data.
4. Have an admin configure the bot at User:MusikBot/CategoryCounter/config.
5.  Done The bot should start updating the data within the specified granularity (so within a week if you chose "weekly"), which in turn will be visualized in the chart. You can also manually add historical data to the dataset, if you wish.

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name of chart	name	Unique identifier for the chart. This can be anything, usually the name of the category with dashes instead of spaces, such as articles-without-sources Example articles-without-sources	String	required
Title of chart template	template	The title of the chart template with or without the Template: namespace prefix. For other namespaces, prefix with a colon Example Articles lacking sources chart	String	required
Title for the y-axis	title	no description Example # articles lacking sources	String	suggested
Width	width	width of the chart in pixels	Number	optional
Height	height	Height of the chart in pixels	Number	optional
Text color	text_color	The color of the text on the chart	String	optional
Grid width	grid_width	The width of the grid lines	Number	optional
Line color	line_color	The color of the line in the graph	String	optional
Line width	line_width	The width (in pixels) of the line in the graph	Number	optional
Subpage	subpage	Use this to override the title of the subpage where the data lives. Default data	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Category chart/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
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